December 2011
Intermediate to advanced
483 pages
11h 15m
English
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away.”
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
This chapter is about web optimization and search engine optimization (SEO). First we talk about iPhone and iPad compatibility, and then we show how to optimize the performance of a WebApp. We also suggest some rules for optimizing the code, reducing HTTP requests, and minimizing DOM access.
We then demonstrate how to compress a WebApp, optimize its usability, and make it capable of working offline. Finally we look at a mobile SEO approach to WebApps, analyzing first the anatomy of a search engine and then exploring how to implement a search engine oriented design. We also ...